Explore changing coefficients
Objective
SWBAT explore how changing the coefficients of a quadratic function changes the graph.
Big Idea
Use the graphing calculator to explore how changing a and c change a quadratic function.
Warm-up
10 minutes
Each day, students complete a Warmup that usually consists of spiraling the previous day's material, in addition to older material. Warm-up problems also sometimes extend lessons that students have encountered before to more unfamiliar contexts.
I often use a "mixtape" approach that pushes the kids to see/review multiple types of problems - the cumulative effect of which can be really powerful.
Today's warm-up both reviews the previous day and then reaches back to linear functions for an additional review.
Play of the Day
40 minutes
Huddle
10 minutes
Homework
15 minutes
For homework tonight I want students to think about the things that we have learned over the last couple of days. This assignment covers what we have learned so far about Quadratics:
